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	October 2020
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			1 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 1, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	2	3	4
5	6 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 6, 2020 9:30 am - 11:30 am Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	7	8 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 8, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	9	10	11
12 CWC SF Peninsula Board Meeting CWC SF Peninsula Board Meeting October 12, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Our board meetings are open to all members in good standing. Please email president@sfpeninsulawriters.com in advance of the meeting if you would like to attend. See more details •	13 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 13, 2020 9:30 am - 11:30 am Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details NaNoWriMo Kick-Off! NaNoWriMo Kick-Off! October 13, 2020 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/California-Writers-Club-Peninsula-Branch/events/273631575/ Details November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever wondered about this activity? Megan McDonald, a veteran of NaNoWriMo and a California Writers Club member, will demystify the event. You'll learn: - What IS it even?! - When does it take place? - How to select a project - How to navigate the official website - Prep resources And you'll meet other writers who are participating! See more details • •	14 [Online] Writers Helping Writers: San Mateo Main Library [Online] Writers Helping Writers: San Mateo Main Library October 14, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Via Zoom REGISTER HERE: https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=14642&month=10&year=2020&day=14&calType=0 Join your writing peers as they lead workshops on the techniques of writing. In partnership with the San Mateo main library. In October, Mark Dooley presents Presentations as Part of Your Writer's Platform More people are afraid of public speaking than are afraid of spiders, snakes,disease, or death. However, public presentations are a significant portion of your writer's platform. A public presentation on a topic establishes you as knowledgeable about a topic and makes an excellent addition to your writing biography. This talk focuses on the practical aspects of creating and giving a presentation: Use a plan to ease your fears of public speaking Make a slide deck that holds your audience's interest Create takeaways for your audience Equipment useful for presenting in person Gadgets useful for presenting on line Practicing your craft Join us and learn how to start your path towards adding public speaking to your writer's biography. Free event. See more details •	15 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 15, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	16	17 CWC SF Peninsula Monthly Meeting CWC SF Peninsula Monthly Meeting October 17, 2020 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Online event Please join CWC for our monthly meeting. (Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-mgqjMtHtdX1rOpl0mw3dOg9DZkktfT) AGENDA: 10:00 a.m. - Gather for social time on Zoom 10:20 a.m. - CWC SF Peninsula Branch Meeting 11:00 a.m. - Main Speaker - Camille Minichino 12:00 p.m. - Think Tank - Ellen McBarnette MAIN SPEAKER:Camille Minichino: The Six Elements of a Scene Each scene, whether fiction or nonfiction, benefits from dialogue, action, setting, character description, internal thoughts, and physiological sensations. Through examples and exercises, we’ll explore how to pace these elements for an effective scene. THINK TANK: Ellen McBarnette on A little Help from Your Friends. Finding and building peer networks to improve your chances for writing success. How to do it, when to do it, whom to bring in to your circle of chosen helpers and why it works. Founder of the Beta Readers and Writers Group, and, The Introvert's Network, McBarnette has run writer’s peer groups since 2014. From NYC and DC, this former legislative advocate and professional storyteller lives in Hayward. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT US WITH A PAYMENT - THANK YOU! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copy one of the URLs below, either now or after you register, and paste into your browser to pay by PayPal or credit card. $5 CWC members (any branch): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5MEE77UDYH2CN $10 non-members: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LHJU2SUGQM8H6 $ WHAT YOU WISH: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=VS5T2VQ742XRQ&source=url See more details •	18
19	20 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 20, 2020 9:30 am - 11:30 am Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	21 Author Skills Workshop: It's Alive! - Your Creations (Writing Monsters) Author Skills Workshop: It's Alive! - Your Creations (Writing Monsters) October 21, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Online event For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://www.meetup.com/California-Writers-Club-Peninsula-Branch/events/273650072 It's Alive! - Your Creations with Liz Suggs COST: $9.99 In October, our thoughts turn to apple cider, changing leaves, and the intense mind-destroying shock of Horror. Join Liz Suggs (Twitter: @elizabethasuggs) for her presentation on writing monsters Are your creatures coming off a little lifeless? Let's reanimate them! This presentation will help you create the next Frankenstein, Dracula, or zombie. In this webinar, you will learn: - How to create memorable monsters - What monster is ideal for your story - How to recreate classics - What makes a monster believable, relatable, and sympathetic We'll follow the discussion with Q&A. Elizabeth Suggs is a writer, an editor, and a leader in the writing community. She obsessively writes each morning, lunch, and evening. When she’s not writing, she’s leading a group of writers through bi-weekly workshops on feedback and focused writing. She believes these meetings help writers understand themselves in the world and better prepare them for major publishers. See more details •	22 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 22, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	23	24 Demystifying NaNoWriMo Demystifying NaNoWriMo October 24, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqc-qhqTopH9MB21JJ2NHuS2XywxBTk--S November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever wondered about this activity? Megan McDonald, a veteran of NaNoWriMo and a California Writers Club member, will reprise her event from earlier in the month. You'll learn: - What IS NaNoWriMo even?! - When does it take place? - How to select a project - How to navigate the official website - Prep resources And you'll meet other writers who are participating! (image courtesy of NaNoWriMo) See more details •	25
26	27 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 27, 2020 9:30 am - 11:30 am Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details OPEN MIC OPEN MIC October 27, 2020 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Online event For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://www.meetup.com/California-Writers-Club-Peninsula-Branch/events/273465528 Join us for an evening of informal readings from a variety of authors and poets. If you’d like to e... See more details • •	28	29 [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write October 29, 2020 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Via Zoom Join us for a half hour of check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL). See more details •	30	31

	October 2020
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			1	2	3	4 Berkeley Unbound Berkeley Unbound October 4, 2020 11:00 am - 4:00 pm https://www.baybookfest.org/berkeleyunbound/portal/ See more details •
5 Boston Book Festival Begins Boston Book Festival Begins October 5, 2020 See more details •	6	7	8	9	10 CWC High Desert Branch - Monthly Meeting CWC High Desert Branch - Monthly Meeting October 10, 2020 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 11537 Apple Valley Rd, Apple Valley, CA 92308, USA It's the monthly meeting of the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club. The public is welcome and admission is free. Branch home page - https://www.hdcwc.com/ See more details •	11
12 CWC South Bay Writers CWC South Bay Writers October 12, 2020 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm China Stix, 2110 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA South Bay writer's monthly meeting. Dinner and cost to attend: $30 for members, $35 for guests. https://southbaywriters.com See more details •	13	14	15	16	17	18 CWC Berkeley Monthly Meeting CWC Berkeley Monthly Meeting October 18, 2020 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm 1204 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612, USA Except for July, August, and December, we meet on the third Sunday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 4p.m. at 1204 Preservation Park Way in Oakland (in the Robinson House Classrooms). Use street parking and enter from Preservation Park Way off of 12th Street. There is an ADA accessible entrance from Martin Luther King Drive parking lot. Our meetings always include a speaker program featuring writers, editors, teachers, publishers, and agents to speak about writing and publishing. We also highlight a club member each month… this could be YOU! These meetings are open to the public, and offer all writers the socializing, book sales, and writer support groups that we need to succeed—plus refreshments! There is a $10 charge for non-members, and it’s only $5 for members. Before each meeting, we host a Craft Group and a Marketing Support Group. Learn more about our craft and critique groups here. https://cwc-berkeley.org/ See more details •
19	20	21	22	23	24 CWC Inland Empire Branch Monthly Meeting CWC Inland Empire Branch Monthly Meeting October 24, 2020 10:10 am - 12:00 pm 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764, USA The Inland Empire Branch of the California Writers Club meets… The fourth Saturday of every month (except December) from 10:10 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario. Our group meets for networking, announcements and updates from 10:10 to 11:00 am. From 11:00 until 12:00 noon we often host a guest speaker, an author who discusses the craft of writing, publishing, and promotion. Presentations are free to the public,. Ontario Library – Ovitt Family Community Library 215 E. C Street, Ontario, CA 91764 Telephone (909) 395-2004 DIRECTIONS: On I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway), go to Exit 51, N Euclid Ave (CA-83 S).Turn South on Euclid. Go about 1.5 miles. Turn left onto C Street. The Library is straight ahead – one block. Our meeting room is to the left when you come in the front entrance. Branch Home Page - http://iecwc.com See more details CWC Fremont Area Writers monthly meeting. CWC Fremont Area Writers monthly meeting. October 24, 2020 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 42 Silicon Valley, 6600 Dumbarton Cir, Fremont, CA 94555, USA Are you a writer? Would a supportive community of other writers help you when you need ideas as to how to get over a problem with your work or just feel overwhelmed, blocked, or stressed from the solitary nature of the trade? You’re not alone. FAW is a mutual support group. We’re helping each other push projects through to completion. Fremont Area Writers is the Centennial Branch of the California Writers Club. The California Writers Club is one of the nation’s oldest professional clubs for writers, founded in 1909. We are a nonprofit education corporation with eighteen branches in California. Our organization is dedicated to educating writers of all levels and disciplines in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work. Here at Fremont Area Writers we sponsor on-going projects to help our members advance their skills and learn how to complete, market, sell and promote our books and articles. By encouraging participation in California Writers Club events we encourage the development of contacts with other publishing industry professionals. During our meeting we always recognize members who have reached milestones in their work or won awards. In the fifteen minutes before each meeting and during the break between the Speaker, members mingle and catch up with each-other’s work. At each monthly meeting, after our membership business is complete, we host a variety of industry professionals who share information on topics ranging from “How to Create an Opening Paragraph” (so compelling that your reader won’t be able to put your book down) to “Understanding the Laws and Basic Contractual Concepts Authors Need to Know” Check under Upcoming and Past Events for past and future speakers and their topics. On the Fourth Monday evening of each month, (7PM) anyone can come to Suju’s Coffee on Thornton in Fremont to read from their own work and request suggestions from other authors as to how to fix problems or get past roadblocks. Once your book is published, you’ll want to become active in our Book Signings, where authors read from, sell and sign their books at local venues. Sound good? Then come! Be our guest at our next meeting on the fourth Saturday of the Month at 2PM (excepting July and December). There’s no charge. We hope to see you there, but even if you decide to go it alone, best wishes to you and your project from all of us. See more details • •	25
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